Quote of the Week

“There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.”
~Washington Irving

The Student Saga: Ending a Semester

So I'm sitting here in my history class listening to a discussion about gender change in world history. Not that the lecture isn't interesting, but apparently women are better at multi-tasking than men due to the excess of white matter on our brains, so that's my excuse.

The end of the semester is approaching much faster than I expected and I can't decide whether that's a good or a bad thing. Yesterday, I wrote out a list of about twenty projects that I have to complete before April 21, so right now I'm opting for bad. My motto lately has become "just take baby steps" because when you look at the whole of everything you are responsible for, it is slightly discouraging to say the least.

Also, I'll be taking classes during the spring and summer semesters, so when this semester is over I don't get a break. I'm really hoping I will enjoy classes more though, because after this semester I will be essentially done with my generals so it's just onto English and history classes!

I have been having major issues getting motivated lately. It's terribly awful actually. Just when I get pumped up enough to crack open a book or something, I see my guitar out of the corner of my eye, so I'll pull her out (her name is Jenny by the way...After one night watching Forrest Gump name his boat, it became suddenly clear). Then, I'll decide I'm hungry. Or tired. It is a never-ending, vicious cycle that is leading me to destruction.

In fact, I'm writing this blog entry right now as an alternative to doing the homework I desperately need to do...Alright, then bring on the literature lectures, music reading and public relations write-ups because I'm ready to finish up this semester with a vengeance! Next stop: motivation. Hopefully.

Quote of the Week

"Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful."
~Mark Victor Hansen

The Return of The Student Saga

This will be quick, but I just wanted to let everyone out there who reads this (ha!) to expect another installment of "The Student Saga" very soon! You may recall the Pink Cheek Moments entry from awhile back and so now I will be bringing you more. "The Student Saga" is my way to share with you my musings about life as a college student; the ups, the downs...the craziness. Anyway, that's about it. Keep an eye out for it because I know you will be on the edge of your seats! I guess now I'd better get back to my actual life as a student so that I can have something to write about.

What a Little Love Can Do

I have just spent my Saturday afternoon watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and I must say that it is one of my favorite shows of all time. Perhaps we can backtrack a little. Ever since I was pretty young I wanted to be an interior designer and I have explored it as a career. But when it came down to it, I wasn't sure that should or could be my job even though I still enjoy it immensely as a hobby. Anyway, my point...

That show combines so many things that I enjoy in life. The beauty of a home, the spirit of a home and the care and compassion of people. Every time I watch the show, it inspires me to be better.

Actually, after the last time I saw the crew pull off one of those miraculous transformations I went in serious search of some opportunities to do some service myself. As it turns out, my roommate is in a social work class for her major so I tagged along with her on an opportunity in our community to watch children while their parents are in therapy.

It is always a great experience and even though I know I have millions of things to do in my own life, I just can't help but go because service is too important not to. It's true that when you lose yourself in service, your own problems are not an issue anymore and life is always better when you choose to help others. I look forward to when I become a teacher so that I can be able to do even more in my day-to-day life for the good of those around me. (Did I mention I declared my major as history teaching?! I'm really excited!)

So I just thought I would get on and add this little tidbit to my poor, abandoned blog and encourage anyone who happens to read this that the littlest things DO make a difference. Let's change this world together, because there is so much to do.

Gleediction

Dear bloggers,
I know this is going to sound completely nerdy.
But that's fine by me.
So, earlier this afternoon I stumbled across an episode of the new show, Glee. Yes, I've heard about it. Good things too. So, it being Friday and all, I thought I would start off watching the pilot episode and see what I thought. One word: amazing. By the way, sorry I keep talking in dramatic short sentences. That must be my mood right now.
But really, I love my TV shows and it's pretty hard to get me hooked on one. The top picks on my list have deserved it, worked for it, and have earned to be called my television addictions. Glee instantly won me over. It could possibly be my love for music programs in high schools and how I felt at the bottom of the social ladder being in band my entire middle school/high school career. Glee spoke to me and I love it. I then proceeded to watch three episodes of it when I really needed to be working on homework. Yikes.
In fact, I really need to be working on homework now but I had a thought about my poor abandoned blog and I realized I needed to fix the fact that I haven't written on here in for. ev. er. Name that movie.
Anyway, I totally feel like an extreme nerd expressing my advocacy for Glee. That and the fact that I just heard and recognized "Bella's Lullaby" playing in the apartment above mine.
I better get to work on all of the huge piles of work I need to finish for my classes this weekend and although this probably appears like some random rantings from a crazy college girl, it was only really me trying to say that I still care about my blog and I'll be working on some really cool and interesting stuff for the near future. Keep checking in and happy blogging.
Love, me.
P.S. I just re-read this entry and I am so sorry. So very random. Oh well! :)

April 28, 2009

So...I'm bored. Simple as that. Today is my first day of my economics class. Actually, it's my second economics class. Oops. I'm really hoping this one goes better than the last one.

When I saw my grade posted this past Wednesday, I wanted to curl up in a ball and not think about anything. Surprisingly, that reaction was better than I expected. I've never done so awful in a class....ever! Well, I guess it's time to move on.

So, I'm hoping I'll do better than I did in Prof. *Unknown*'s class. (That's right. Let's keep it anonymous.) Not that I didn't love *Unknown* as a professor, but everything went right over my head. It honestly felt as if he was throwing a jumbled mix of food at me and all I had to catch it with was this huge jar...and even when I could get it in the jar I just looked at the thing, couldn't make any sense of what was inside, and in all honestly it just made me want to hurl.

I'm just wishing this go-around my professor will have some magical ability to hand me a plate of catalog quality looking food. Okay, I really have no idea why I'm making this an obscure food analogy. Maybe I'm hungry (It is a 7:00 p.m. class...downtown) or maybe that's just how detrimental my last semester of econ was to my brain.

I'd better sign off for now ya'll. Class is about to start and I'm sitting here writing about food...and economics. Let's not fry my brain into uselessness so that I can use it for the next 2 and a half hours.